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Mike Anthony: As the divorce proceedings continue, UConn and AAC looking to move on with their new respective lives

WingU-Conn said:
If UConn was valuable enough to cause the AAC to fold just by leaving, then UConn was valuable enough to get an invite to the ACC regardless of BCU’s objections.

Notre Dame and UConn don’t belong in the same breath when discussing conference realignment. It’s silly to even bring them up. Of course UConn has value to the AAC. So what? I didn’t say otherwise. You might want to read the posts I’m responding to because you’re taking the side of someone who argues the MAC will take Witchita St because “why not?”.
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I'm not arguing anything other than what I said. UConn has a value to AAC more so than recent record. Having value to AAC with Tulsa, ECU, Tulane, etc. is not saying it will fold without UConn or that UConn has value to B10 or ACC. See if AAC contract gets "down graded" in $'s and/or if NBE get upgraded.
 
buddy said:
UConn never seemed to "click" with most of the AAC schools. Poor football. Attendance down. Perhaps a few more attractive games. Better football. Attendance increases. People are stupid, but not because of UConn. in spite of it.
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I have to say that we were alone in the AAC. We didn't have any teams that we could be rivals. UCF rival is USF, just 60 miles down the road, it wasn't ever going to be UConn. We don't have a natural rival in the league. It could've been Temple, but I'd love to see us and UMass play every year. I hope BC will decide that UConn is worthy of playing them and I'd love to see us get some home games with big boys, too.

That said, I'll miss going to see USF UConn games at RayJay and the AAC championship baseball games here in Clearwater. I try to get to a few games. I know the USF women's basketball team is happy to see UConn leaving. They will be the champion...
 
huskyrob1 said:
I just didn't mention Navy and you know that. I used Navy as one end of a huge region of the country. I also mentioned Tulsa, Tulane, and ECU, all schools of questionable value in flying thousands of miles to play them. Now if they were Notre Dame or Boise State, Auburn, Texas, BYU, and Arizona it might be doable and definitely help in recruiting, but flying all those miles to play Tulsa, ECU, or Tulane is insane when as an independent we can schedule games with Syracuse, Pitt, BC, or Rutgers right in our backyard.
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I doubt that the ACC teams will play us, because of the now idiot Senator. I'm hoping I'm wrong. I think why Louisville got in was to spite us, because of the lawsuit.

I hope I'm really wrong. I'd love to see Duke or UNC at the Rent. I doubt Miami or FSU will visit, but Wake might. I would love to see Missouri, Kansas, KSU Iowa State play us...

Independent might be good for us - if we get teams to play us, teams like KU or Minnesota, not Liberty or Georgia Southern...
 
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Duke, BC, NC State scheduled...and Clemson on a one and done away game.
 
Can't wait for scheduling that alliance with James Madison, Villanova, Lafayette, Lehigh, Amherst, Williams, and Wesleyan.
 
HuskyDogArt said:
I would love see what the AD of WSU said about UConn leaving. Do you have a website about it?
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Well a not website but here's a link to an article on it: "We hate to see them go"

Wichita State athletic director Darron Boatright said there’s no denying it is a blow to the conference.

“To say it isn’t is complete garbage,” Boatright said. “They are a fantastic national brand and operate some great programs, and their men’s basketball program is in a resurgence, which would have led to financial gain for the entire conference.

“It hurts, but we sure understand it. You have to go through and evaluate your institution and what’s best for it, and the term ‘best’ can be defined in many different ways.”

“We hate to see them go, but I don’t blame them if they believe that’s what is best for them,” Boatright said. “They were a fantastic partner of ours and an ally of ours when we were going through the process of trying to get an invitation into the American. I’ll never forget that and our institution will never forget that either. Connecticut will always have a friend in the Shockers.”
 
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Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on bra
La-la how their life goes on

Yep, they appreciate UConn...but I see no regret there about being in the AAC either.
 
billybud said:
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on bra
La-la how their life goes on

Yep, they appreciate UConn...but I see no regret there about being in the AAC either.
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Lol, and those need to be mutually exclusive because...?
 
CL82 said:
Lol, and those need to be mutually exclusive because...?
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Responding to huskyrob's post. He said that he would not be surprised to see the Shockers leave the AAC.
 
I certainly understand Wichita's sentiment 're UConn.....but, as I said...they are happy and grateful to be here.
 
MustangMan said:
Due to the number of Navy veterans in most cities, Navy is a great team to have visit your stadium. Ex: my brother-in-law always takes his sons plus 2-3 friends when Navy comes to town. Week in week out, probably “travel” better than any team in the AAC. For the same reason, they are a better TV draw than all but the best AAC teams.

There is a reason that some of the bowls are tied directly to the service academies.
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We’ll see how that holds up now that they stink again.
 
billybud said:
I certainly understand Wichita's sentiment 're UConn.....but, as I said...they are happy and grateful to be here.
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If Creighton was still in the MVC, they would probably rather be there. That is a league where people care about their basketball.
 
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HuskyDogArt said:
I doubt that the ACC teams will play us, because of the now idiot Senator. I'm hoping I'm wrong. I think why Louisville got in was to spite us, because of the lawsuit.

I hope I'm really wrong. I'd love to see Duke or UNC at the Rent. I doubt Miami or FSU will visit, but Wake might. I would love to see Missouri, Kansas, KSU Iowa State play us...

Independent might be good for us - if we get teams to play us, teams like KU or Minnesota, not Liberty or Georgia Southern...
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And now the junior senator is trying to “fix” the NC$$
 
HuskyDogArt said:
I doubt that the ACC teams will play us, because of the now idiot Senator. I'm hoping I'm wrong. I think why Louisville got in was to spite us, because of the lawsuit.

I hope I'm really wrong. I'd love to see Duke or UNC at the Rent. I doubt Miami or FSU will visit, but Wake might. I would love to see Missouri, Kansas, KSU Iowa State play us...

Independent might be good for us - if we get teams to play us, teams like KU or Minnesota, not Liberty or Georgia Southern...
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That narrative died the day they invited Pitt. You can stop using it now.
 
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